Beyond Mountains, More Mountains

Dedicated to Chloe

You are a tree. A tree with roots deep in the earth. You flower in the spring. You remind me of my mortality, since you’ll outlive me.

You remind me of my need to take, since you can make your own fuel from light itself.

You are a tree. You are the generator of forests. You block the wind, you protect lesser beings with your branches, from the storms and the rain.

You are an unbroken chain of dividing cells, ebbing and flowing with time. I am an unbroken chain of dividing cells. Our cell was once the same. You are a tree, and you are me. We are one.